This is the 3953rd most frequent Dutch word.
werkloze
Unemployed person.
Here, 'werkloze' is used as a noun referring to an unemployed individual, demonstrating a general application in describing a category of people.
De kans op een baan voor een werkloze is gestegen dit jaar.
The chance of a job for an unemployed person has increased this year.
In this sentence, 'werkloze' functions as an attributive noun, providing a description of the subject’s employment condition.
Als werkloze zoekt zij actief naar nieuwe werkgelegenheid.
As an unemployed person, she is actively searching for new employment opportunities.
Here, 'werkloze' functions as a predicative noun, showing the subject’s self-identification with the state of unemployment.